The National tribune., 1887-02-24
RELIEF CORPS NEWS.
Gleanings from National Headquar-
terS--NOteS from the Departments.
HEADQUARTERS WOMAN's RELIEF CORPS,
SAN Francisco, CAL.

can It hANNiSIps NAL
ELIZABETH D'A KLINE, National President
NELLIE q. BACKCs, National Secretary.
FEB 9, 1887.
DEAR TRIBUNE: It may make matters
clearer to many to say without further delay
that, although your paper is not an official
organ of the W.R.C., these letters from the pen
of Eureka" are written under the personal
supervision of the National President and
when it is convenient and pleasant to convey
messages and information through this medium
they may be accepted as official and direct.
Though all do not enjoy the privilege of read
ing THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, many do, and
matters that otherwise might be withheld en-
tirely, the many are thus not deprived of for
the sake of the few
The Department Of Connecticut has held
its Convention, and we give the following
little summary: Officers elected: President,
Mrs. Mary j. Merriman, Bristol; S. V.-P-, Mrs.
Lillian Hope, Hartford; Treas, Miss Lucy VI.
Toms, Stamford Chap, Mrs. Frances K. Mar
tin, New Haven, who is also Delegate at large.
There have been seven Corps instituted during
the past year, and there is prospect of six
more. At the closing of the Treasurer's books,
cash on hand, i0l.26; due the Department
from Corps, Sl.03; liabilities, none. Mrs. Mary
J. Dyer has made very energetic and earnest
Department President, and has every reason to
feel satisfaction about the years work, and
the ensuing year.
Below in the column will be found full ac-
count of the institution of Gen. Lyon Relief
Corps, No. 10, Vineland, ". j., and it gives US
the greatest pleasure to make special mention
of it, for we feel that it signalizes victory for
the right. A battle easily won against few OBJ
stacles does not bespeak the glory that hardly
contested fight against powerful opposition
does, and therefore we specially commend this
IN hn nUrat m Mt Of r.
for they have nobly recognized the broader
possibilities of our Order.
The Grand Army is credited with taking a
very active part in Salt Lake City against the
crying sins of Mormonism, and the W.R.C.
works hand in hand with them. The greatest
harmony prevails in all directions between
Post and Corps, and they are anxiOusly await
ing some some action of Congress that will
purify the air they live in and leave all freer
to conduct their work of charity among those
so evident needy.
We hear from Boston from Mrs. Turner) of
the immense success of their entertainments
there in honor of Gen. Fairchild- The Grand
Army so heartily co-operated with them as to
give them every encouragement, presenting
Mrs. Turner, who acted as hostess, with beauti-
full floral pieces and complmenting her greatly
on her arrangements. The ladies were all
voted orators without exception, so pleasing
and acceptable were their remarks. We have
not as yet heard how the reception in Man
chester, n. H., passed. but doubt not it was
equally successful.
Mrs. S. Agnes Parker, Department President
of Massachusetts,, has completed her year of
administration with great success, and has
gained for herself the combined respect and
esteem Of the W.R.C. and GAR.
Mrs. Hattie A. Read, of Dorchester, Mass,
has reached home after an extended trip fol-
lowing her visit last Fall to the Convention in
San Francisco, and one of the pleasantest incl
dents of her trip was her visit to Mission Ridge
Corps, Chattanooga, Tenn. She was very cor
daily received and the Corps was very grateful
for the information and advice in her power to
give them. Mrs. Read is one to win love
wherever she may be, and her trip, so much
associated as it has been with this work, will
always be memorable in her life-jOurney.
We find that some members of the Order are
under the impression that the National officers
are recipients of extensive salaries, and we
know Of no better way than this Of enlighten-
ing such. Let il be known that theirs is a Ia
Dor of love. The only salary allowed in the
National organization is 800 year to the Ma
tiOnal Secretary and $50 year to the Treasurer
for clerk hire in making up her books.
EUREKA.